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The Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 January 2004404,790 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 31, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
404,790 km251,525 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2004 is on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 08:47 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 29, 200406:04
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 6, 200408:47

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Saturday, January 31, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2004 to the new moon of February 20, 2004, a cycle of 29.51 days.